Scientific classification

Class: Aves

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

Subfamily: Accipitrinae

Tribe: Accipitrini

Genus:Buteo Lacépède, 1799

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Previously incorporated several other genera, including e.g. Rupornis, Morphnarchus, Pseudastur, as well as Leucopternis and Buteogallus. Present arrangement based largely on recent molecular studies#R#R#R, but further modification likely.